12.8% ▲ +35.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Greenbank · Suburb / Locality
Language in Greenbank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more than most similar areas, Greenbank has residents who speak a language other than English at home. While 12.8% of people use another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.6% of residents, though Punjabi, Vietnamese and Mandarin are the next most common. A small number of people (1.8%) speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.8% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Greenbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31236/greenbank/topic/language